“But with Manchester United, we can challenge every year to win the Champions League. The club is in a rebuilding process and the manager is doing the right things to take the club back to where it belongs. That is the exciting part.

“I’m delighted, excited, I can’t wait to start, to be with the team, the manager, and to start a new part of my life.”

Lukaku on Pogba influence

Lukaku also admitted his close friend Paul Pogba played a huge role in convincing him to make the move.

“It’s been a big role. Of course he’s one of my best friends and he is my neighbour as well,” he added. “We are always together on a daily basis so he would explain to me how things were going.

“Last season when he signed for United, to have witnessed that, it really triggered something in my brain and I knew that if one day I had the chance to sign then I would not say no.

“You just know and realise how big the club is, and the hunger it has to win trophies. I would like to say, at the end of my career, that I played for a team that has always challenged for trophies and this is what the club has always done. To be here now is a blessing and I will not take this opportunity for granted.

“The history, the players that play for the club and the way that the club is always hungry to win trophies. It is something that I want and it is something that I was searching for. For me it was the perfect opportunity to make the big step and as a club, when Manchester United comes and asks you to play for them then you do not say no.”